What does it cost to make a biscuit? 1p? 3p? 10p? Would you be surprised to learn that the production of a standard chocolate biscuit can cost millions of pounds?
Making biscuits on an industrial scale requires a great deal of investment; there are (amongst other costs) staff to hire, premises to find, systems to develop, suppliers to choose, ingredients to buy and food production machines to install. There are many variables that play a role in their succesful production. But which part in the production chain poses the greatest risk to the business? Much like biscuit production, today's IT systems have a number of critical components that ultimately pose a risk to business processes and revenue. Sumerian Technical Lead Blair Robertson looks at how managing risk plays a critical role in managing today's complex IT services, and asks if you know where the greatest risk lies within your business. Read more on the Sumerian blog>